STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 


Department  of  Public  Instruction, 


County  Institutes -1900. 


ADAMS  CO  .  Quincy,  An?.  13-17;  Co.  Supt.,  A.  R.  Smith;  Instructors,  W.  It.  Hat- 
lieid,  Geo.  W.  Dunlavy,  Ella  M.  Grubb,  W.  J.  Wible. 

ALEXANDER  CO.,  Cairo,  June  11-15;  Co.  Supt.,  Mrs.  F.  A.  Taylor;  Instructors,  T. 

C.  Clendenen,  John  Snyder,  W.  T.  Felts,  C.  A.  Quackenbu-li. 

BOND  CO..  Greenville,  .June  4-29;  <  o.  Supt.,  W.  T.  Harlan;  Instructors,  O.  E.  Tiff- 
any,  It.  B.  English  A.  11.  Jackson.  F.  C.  Reed. 

BOONE  CO.,  Belvidere,  Aug.  13-17:  Co.  Supt.,  L.  R.  Fitzer;  Instructor.  Charles  W. 
Farr. 

BROU  N  CO.,  Mt.  Sterling,  July  16-27;  Co.  Supt.,  James  O.  Briggs;  Instructors,  S.  II. 
Trego,  L.  Fairfax. 

BUREAU  CO.,  Princeton,  Aug.  13-17:  Co.  Sunt.,  Claude  Brown;  Instructors,  John 
T.  Ray,  Joseph  Carter,  S.  W.  Mountz,  Margaretta  S.  Easley. 

CALHOUN  CO.,  Hardin,  July  30  Aug.  10;  Co.  Supt.,  Charles  H.  Lamar;  Instructor, 
W.  R.  Hatfield. 

CARROLL  CO..  Lanark.  March  26-30;  Co.  Supt.,  John  Hay:  Instructors.  J.  A.  Keith, 
Edna  Keith,  E.  S.  liady,  W.  S.  Wallace,  J.  II.  Shirk,  Ada  M.  Griggs. 

CASS  CO.,  Virginia,  July  9-13;  Co.  Supt.,  A.  E.  Hiuujis;  Instructors,  C.  S.  Hoover, 

B.  H.  Scudder. 

CHAMFAIGN  CO.,  Urhana,  July  30-Aug.  17;  Co.  Supt.,  Geo.  R.  Shawhan;  Instruct¬ 
ors,  J.  W.  Hays,  H.  T.  Wilson,  W.  J.  Brinckley,  A.  F.  Johnson,  E.  J.  Lake, 
Joseph  Carter. 

CHRISTIAN  CO.,  Ta.ylorville,  June  18-29;  Co.  Supt..  Mrs.  Edith  Witmer  Volliniine; 
Instructors,  Henry  .Johnson,  Fred  L.  Travis,  Emma  Seibert. 

CLARK  CO..  Marshall,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  J.  D.  Shoemaker;  Instructors,  J.  I). 
Shoop,  M.  N.  Beeman,  B.  A.  Sweet. 

CLAY  CO.,  L  uiisville,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  Donald  A,  McQueen;  Instructor,  E.  E. 
Van  Cleve. 

CLINTON  CO..  Carlyle,  July  9-13;  Co.  Supt.,  William  Johnston;  Instructors,  James 
Kirk,  E.  E.  Van  Cleve. 

COLES  CO.,  Charleston,  Aug.  20-31:  Co.  Supt.,  John  II.  Sawyer;  Instructors,  F.  G. 
Blair,  Otis  Caldwell,  Henry  Johnson,  Anna  King. 

COOK  CO.,  Chicago  Normal  School,  Aug.  27-31;  Co.  Supt.,,  O.  T.  Bright;  Instructors, 
Arnold  Tompkins.  Sarah  Louise  Arnold,  Edw.  Howard  Griggs,  Jacoues  Reel- 
way,  R.  R.  Reedpr.  L>  lia  E.  Patridpe,  Henry  T.Jman,  Cassa  I.  Heffron.  Elizabeth 
Nash,  Edward  F.  Worst,  Peter  A.  Downey.  Horace  C  Wright,  H.  V.  Church, 
Clias.  W.  Farr. 

CRAWFORD  CO.,  Robinson,  Aug.  20-21;  Co.  Supt.,  E.  L.  Douglas;  Instructors,  W. 

J.  Brinckley,  Jonathan  Higdon. 

CUMBERLAND  CO.,  Toledo,  Aug.  13-17;  Co.  Supt.,  J.  F.  Grisamore;  Instructors,  B. 

A.  Sweet,  Win.  Radebaugh. 

DEKALB  CO.  Sandwich,  Aug.  13-17;  Co.  Supt.,  Lewis  M.  Gross;  Instructors,  R.  R. 
Reeder,  S.  F.  Parsons,  Phebe  Gardner,  Lucy  B.  Chapman. 

DE  WITT  CO,  Clinton,  July  21-27;  Co.  Supt.,  Mrs.  Hattie  P.  Wilson;  Instructors,  W. 

J.  Brinckley,  E.  B.  Bentley,  Eva  Lhisholm. 

DOUGLAS  CO.  Tuscola,  Aug.  6-10;  Co.  Supt.,  B'anche  Caraway ;  Instructors,  Otis  W. 
Caldwell,  W.  M.  Evans,  Sadie  L.  Montgomery,  F.  F.  Jeffers. 

DUPAGE  CO.,  Wheaton.  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt..  R.  T.  Morgan;  Instructors.  C.  E. 
Mann,  J.  M.  Frost,  Chas.  W.  Farr.  Mrs.  M.  B.  Holmes,  R.  F.  Bunnel,  Daisy 
Dunton. 

EDGAR  CO..  Paris,  Aug.  13  17;  Co.  Supt..  Geo.  H.  Gordon;  Instructors,  W.  M.  Evans, 

J.  D.  Shoop,  Gertrude  Mountjoy. 

EDWARDS  CO.,  Albion,  Aug.  13-17:  Co.  Supt.,  Frank  Coles,  Jr;  Instructors,  W  S. 
Bcotb,  C.  L.  Combs,  Minnie  M.  Hutchins. 

EFFINGHAM  CO.,  Effingham,  July  23-27;  Co.  Supt..  Charles  L.  Combs;  Instructors, 

J.  D  Foucht,  J.  W.  Euimerson,  Alice  Wright  Givin. 

FAYETTE  CO.,  Vandalia,  Aug.  27-31;  Co.  Supt.,  C.  F.  Easterday;  Instructors,  M. 

N.  Beeman,  J.  D.  Foucht,  J.  N.  Street,  R.  A.  LeDoux. 

FORD  CO.,  Co.  Supt.,  Edward  A.  Gardner.  * 

FRANKLIN  CO.,  Benton,  Aug,  27-31;  Co.  Supt.,  W.  S.  Buntin;  Instructor,  W.  S. 

Booth.  t 

FULTON  CO.,  Lewistown,  July  16-20;  Co.  Supt.,  M.  M.  Cook;  Instructors,  S.  B. 
Hu/sh.  C.  E.  DeButts,  B.  C.  Moore,  II.  L.  Roberts,  Edna  Keith. 

GALLATIN  CO.,  Shawneetown,  Aug.  6-17;  Co.  Supt.,  Will  J.  Blackard;  Instructors. 

H.  M.  Anderson,  M.  T.  Van  Cleve. 

GREENE  CO.,  Carrollton,  July  9-20:  Co.  Supt.,  Harry  E.  Bell;  Instructors,  Clyde  * 
Slone,  C.  E.  Joiner,  Sadie  L.  Montgomery. 

GRUNDY  CO.,  Morris,  July  16-27;  Co.  Supt.  Mary  B.  Holderman;  Instructors,  Lelia 
E.  Patridge,  John  J.  Allison,  Edwin  A.  Greenlaw. 

HAMILTON  CO.,  McLeansboro.  Ang.  20-31;  Co.  Supt.,  David  J.  Underwood;  Instiuct- 
ors,  H.  M.  Anderson,  W.  T.  Felts. 

HANCOCK  CO..  Carthage,  Aug.  20  24;  Co.  Supt.,  J.  A.  Califf:  Instructors,  L.  Fair 
fax,  S.  II.  Trego. 


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of  the 

UNIVERSITY  of  ILLINOIS. 


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CIRCULAR  19. 


The  County  Institutes  for  1900. 


Department  of  Public  Instruction, 
Springfield,  June  1,  1900. 

To  the  County  Superintendents : 

In  compliance  with  Section  10,  of  Article  YII  of  the  School  Law. 
nearly  all  of  you  are  preparing  for  the  annual  ‘‘Teachers’  Institute.”  I 
submit  for  your  consideration  the  following  suggestions: 

THE  PURPOSE  OF  THE  INSTITUTE. 

The  law  declares  that  the  Institute  shall  be  held  “for  the  instruc¬ 
tion  of  teachers  and  those  who  may  desire  to  teach.”  This  purpose  should 
not  be  forgotten  nor  modified.  The  Institute  is  not  a  school  of  aca¬ 
demic  instruction.  Its  singl-e  purpose  is  to  develop  or  increase  teaching 
and  training  power.  Hence,  work  intended  merely  to  prepare  teachers 
for  an  impending  examination — “cram” — is  out  of  place.  Incidentally, 
of  course,  the  Institute  may  clarify  and  even  increase  knowledge  of  the 
subject  matter  to  be  taught,  but  this  is  no  part  of  its  purpose,  except 
as  it  grows  out  of,  or  furnishes  a  basis  for,  the  real  work  of  mastering 
the  method  of  using  such  knowledge  in  the  teaching  process.  The 
problem  of  the  Institute  is  not  the  problem  of  the  school.  In  the  school 
the  purpose  is  to  bring  into  the  learner’s  consciousness  certain  knowl- 
i  edge  so  that  it  shall  be  his.  The  learner  is  in  no  way  concerned  with 
the  method  of  the  teacher.  What  lie  wants  is  the  knowledge,  and  its 
consequent  accession  of  growth  and  power.  The  less  obtrusive  the 
teacher  and  his  method,  the  better.  On  the  other  hand,  the  student- 
)  teacher  at  the  Institute  desires  most  of  all  the  method  of  teaching,  and 
that,  therefore,  will  be,  or  ought  to  be,  uppermost  in  his  consciousness. 
The  teaching  process,  then,  and  not  the  acquirement  of  knowledge  of 
subject  matter,  is  the  prime  object  of  the  Institute.  The  time  of  the 
Institute  is  so  brief,  and  the  number  of  teachers  who  receive  no  other 
training  is  so  large,  that  I  urge  superintendents  to  permit  no  diversion 
from  this  main  purpose. 


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THE  INSTRUCTORS. 


The  law  authorizes  you.  “with  the  concurrence  of  the  State  Super¬ 
intendent,  to  procure  such  assistance  a<  may  be  necessary”  to  conduct 
your  Institute.  For  this  assistance  the  teachers  pay.  The  best  you  can 
obtain  is  none  too  good.  Upon  the  quality  of  the  work  done  by  your 
instructors,  depends  the  value  of  your  Institute  to  those  who  attend  and 
pay  for  it.  Depend  upon  it  they  do  not  want  mere  talk,  pet  theories, 
nor  ostentation  in  any  form.  The  body  of  our  public  school  teachers 
are  but  partially  trained,  and  far  too  many  are  wholly  untrained,  but, 
with  few  exceptions,  which  you  are  justified  in  removing  as  fast  as  you 
clearly  discover  them,  the  teachers  are  honest  and  earnest,  and  sincerely 
desire  the  very  best  help  you  can  bring  them.  The  County  Superin¬ 
tendent  should  use  his  conscience  as  well  as  his  best  judgment,  in 
selecting  Institute  instructors. 

THE  GENERAL,  METHOD. 

The  general  method  of  the  Institute  should  be  in  accordance  with 
the  purpose  as  stated.  The  superintendent  should  resolutely  insist 
that  this  be  kept  in  mind,  both  by  instructors  and  the  student-teach¬ 
ers..  Keeping  the  purpose  of  the  Institute  thus  in  view,  that  general 
method  is  the  best  which  induces  the  largest  mental  activity  in  the 
student  body.  The  bane  of  some  of  our  Institutes  is  too  much  “talk” 
bv  insincere  or  unqualified  instructors.  The  mere  “lecturer”  wants  to 
do  it  all.  If  he  is  sufficiently  amusing  or  dramatic,  the  tendency  is  to 
let  him.  But  the  Institute  which  permits  the  student  to  remain  a 
passive  recipient  of  any  man’s  ••talk”  is  a  prima  facie  fraud.  It  is  the 
business  of  an  instructor  to  state  his  problems  in  such  a  way  as  to 
challenge  thought  and  speech — to  make  the  student!  think  out  and 
formulate  results,  and  just  to  the  extent  that  he  can  do  this  is  he  a 
competent  instructor. 

Unless  there  is  thought  and  work  required  of  the  student-teacher, 
the  Institute  will  not  increase  his  teaching  power,  and  thus  will  fail 
to  achieve  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  conducted. 

THE  STATE  COURSE  OF  STUDY. 

The  ideal  teachrr  is  one  who  has  ample  and  accurate  knowledge  of 
the  subjects  to  be  taught,  and  ability  to  organize  and  arrange  them 
for  the  young  learner  in  accordance  with  the  condition  of  his  mind 
at  a  given  time,  to/elher  with  the  pedag  >gic  skill  to  call  into  action 
the  mental  processes  involved  in  learning  or  doing  the  things 
required.  But  the  Institute  must  recognize  conditions  as  they  exist. 
Very  few  teachers  can.  in  fact,  so  organize  their  work.  The  State 
Course  of  Study,  now  in  use  in  so  many  of  the  counties,  or  the  text¬ 
books,  will,  therefore,  be  the  basis  of  work  in  most  of  the  schools. 
This  being  true,  superintendents  should  insist  that  the  general  purpose 
and  method  of  the  Institute  harmonize  with  the  conditions,  and  work 
to  secure  increased  teaching  power  and  skill  along  the  line  of  the 
“Course  of  Study.”  or  the  text-books,  where  the  former  is  not  used. 
But  mental  alertness  on  the  part  of  the  student-teachers  is  the  con¬ 
stant  test  of  the  value  of  the  instructor's  work.  If  this  is  not  present 
and  visible,  the  work  is  not  genuine. 

DAILY  PREPARATION  BY  STUDENT-TEACHERS. 

Some  work,  but  not  too  much,  should  be  assigned  for  preparation, 
daily.  To  facilitate  this,  the  Winnebago  county  plan  is  commended. 


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A  list  of  books  in  science  and  pedagogy,  was  provided  by  the  superin¬ 
tendent,  and  tlie  programme  so  arranged  that  all  members  of  the  In¬ 
stitute  could  have  one  or  more  hours  each  day  for  reading.  By  this 
arrangement  all  had  some  time  for  preparation  of  work,  and  many 
were  able  to  plan  and  follow  out  a  somewhat  systematic,  if  short, 
course  of  reading.  It  goes  without  saying  that  every  failure  on  the 
part  of  a  student  to  make  required  preparation  should  be  explained. 

IN  GENERAL. 

No  suggestions  as  to  the  special  subjects  to  be  taught  are  offered. 
Few  superintendents  will  find  it  practicable  to  provide  instruction  in 
all  the  subjects  to  be  taught  in  the  schools,  at  any  one  Institute. 
Each  will  understand  the  present  needs  of  his  own  county  best,  and 
the  programme  will  be  made  accordingly.  I  recommend  however,  that 
in  all  Institutes,  there  be  given  definite  instruction  in: 

1.  The  method  of  teaching  vocal  music,  to  the  end  that  children 
shall  some  day  be  taught  to  sing  as  generally,  and  at  least  as  well,  as 
they  are  now  taught  to  read. 

2.  The  method  of  using,  and  procuring  in  schools  where  they  do  not 
now  exist,  school  liabraries,  including  reference  and  supplementary 
books,  as  well  as  books  to  read  at  home  for  profit  and  pleasure. 

3.  The  method  of  school  sanitation  and  decoration.  The  average 
country  school  room  is  no  credit  to  the  neighborhood.  It  is  shabby, 
uncomfortable  and  unsanitary.  The  teachers  are  indirectly  responsible. 
They  do  not  know  how  to  improve  them.  Cook  county  has  led  off  in 
a  most  intelligent  and  effective  way  for  better  things.  Now  let  the 
other  counties  fall  in  line  and  catch  step.  Make  the  school  room  the 
pleasantest  interior  in  every  district.  Make  the  exterior  of  the  house 
and  the  grounds,  at  least  respectable.  The  experienced  teacher  should 
be  competent  to  advise  directors  as  to  the  general  plan,  ventilation, 
heating,  lighting  and  furnishing  of  a  new  school  house. 

4.  The  method  of  observing  special  days,  as  Arbor  Day,  Memorial 
Day,  etc.  Two  or  three  such  days  should  be  observed  every  year. 
Half  the  school  premises  in  Illinois  are  without  a  shade  tree.  But  it 
is  pleasant  to  note  that  at  the  State  Normal  University  the  beautiful 
campus,  with  its  hundreds  of  trees,  notwithstanding,  it  was  thought 
worth  while  to  observe  “Arbor  Day”  this  year,  chiefly  to  illustrate  its 
pedagogical  value  to  the  students.  There  ought  to  be  one  patriotic 
day  a  year  in  every  school.  Memorial  Day,  or  the  birthday  of  Lincoln 
or  Washington.  The  Institute  is  the  place  to  instruct  teachers  how 
to  ob  erve  a  special  day  pedagogically— that  is,  sot  that  it  shall  have 
educational  value,  and  at  the  same  time  give  pleasure  to  the  children 
and  as  many  of  their  older  friends  as  care  to  join  them. 

5.  There  should  be  one  or  more  special  lessons  in  school  manage¬ 
ment  for  the  exclusive  benefit  of  young  persons  who  are  soon  to  begin 
teaching.  Many  a  failure  in  management— which  involves  failure  in 
teaching— might  have  been  prevented  by  the  right  kind  of  instruction 
in  the  “Method  of  the  First  Day.”  The  superintendent  of  Champaign 
county  reports  that,  at  his  last  Institute,  he  devoted  an  hour  a  day 
^hiring  the  week  to  a  group  of  forty  young  beginners,  and  all  but  two 
or  three  got  through  their  first  term’s  work  creditably.  This  pays. 

INSTITUTE  EXTENSION. 

The  teachers’  meeting  is  a  recognized  agency  in  the  organiza¬ 
tion  and  management  of  city  schools.  Every  city  superintend¬ 
ent  uses  it.  The  county  superintendent  does  not  work  this  agency  for 


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wlmt  it  is  worth  The  county  should  be  divided  into  convenient  dis¬ 
tricts,  and  the  county  superintendent  should  meet  all  the  teachers  in 
each  of  these  districts  at  least  monthly.  This  is  his  opportunity  for 
what  may  be  called  Institute  extension;  an  available  occasion  to  give 
to  teachers  as  required  by  law  “expedient  and  necessary  directions  in 
methods  of  teaching  and  courses  of  study;”  “a  practicable  way  to  ele¬ 
vate  the  standard  and  improve  the  condition  of  the  common  schools  of 
his  county.”  This  is  the  best  way  to  maintain  that  esprit  de  oorps 
which  the  institute  should  establish,  and  which  will  do  so  much  to  give 
a  county  a  high  educational  rating.  In  these  meetings  he  will  not  fail 
to  utilize  the  work  of  ‘  The  Teachers’  Reading  Circle,”  or  its  equiva¬ 
lent,  when  the  course  does  not  appear  available. 

The  Institute  should  also  be  extended  in  another  way.  There  are 
summer  terms  in  three  of  the  State  Normal  Schools,  and  at  the  Univer¬ 
sity,  intended  especially  for  teachers  in  service.  Pending  the  time,  not 
far  distant,  when  no  person  will  be  admitted  to  an  examination  for  a 
teacher’s  certificate  who  has  not  had  the  advantage  of  a  specified  mini¬ 
mum  training  in  the  art  and  methods  of  teaching,  the  older  teachers 
should  be  advised  and  encouraged  to  take  advantage  of  these  oppor¬ 
tunities. 


COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS  SHOULD  TEACH. 

Finally,  the  County  superintendent  should  be  not  only  the  con¬ 
ductor,  but  one  of  the  instructors  in  his  own  Institute.  He  should 
choose  from  all  the  subjects  the  one  he  can  do  best,  and  teach  that 
subject  as  well  as  any  other  subject  is  taught.  He  should  do  this,  (1) 
oecause  his  teachers  have  a  right  to  know  that  he  keeps  in  touch  with 
actual  work,  and  can  do  it,  and  (2)  because  he  knows  his  schools  and 
teachers  so  much  better  than  any  other  instructor  that  he  can  adapt 
his  instruction  to  actual  conditions  better  than  they. 

This  circular  is  issued  in  the  spirit  of  helpfulness,  and  with  the 
hope  that  the  Institutes  of  1900  may  be  of  increased  service  to  the 
schools  of  Illinois,  the  improvement  of  which  is  our  united  purpose. 


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HARDIN  CO.,  Co.  Supt  ,  John  H.  Womack.  * 

HENDERSON  CO.,  Biggsville,  July  9-13;  Co.  Supt.,  S.  E.  Mace;  Instructors,  H.  M, 
Anderson,  J.  A.  Strong,  F.  Lillian  Taylor. 

HENRY  CO.,  Geneseo,  Aug.  13-17;  Co.  Supt.,  Martin  Luther;  Instructors,  W.  H. 
Campbell,  Tneda  Giidemeister,  R.  G.  Young,  Geo.  L.  Darin. 

IROQUO  S  CO.,  Watseka,  July  23-Aug.  4;  Co.  Supt.,  S.  C.  Rutherford;  Instructors, 
E.  .1,  Blake,  L.  W.  Havilaud,  G.  E.  Marker,  R.  A.  Bayne,  S.  A.  D.  Harry. 

JACKSON  CO.,  Murphysboro,  Aug.  6-10;  Co.  Supt.,  Mrs.  Emma  M.  Bryan;  Instructors, 
Joi  n  Snyder.  Theodore  Lentz. 

JASPER  CO..  Newton,  Aug.  27-31;  Co.  Supt ,  J.  F.  Arnold;  Instructors,  Joseph  Car¬ 
ter,  H.  W.  Shryock. 

JEFFERSON  CO.,  Mt.  Vernon,  Aug.  13-21;  Co.  Supt.,  J.  M.  Hill;  Instructors,  J.  T. 
Ellis,  C.  E.  Joiner,  Chas.  L.  Moore. 

JERSEY  CO.,  Jerseyville,  June  18-22;  Co.  Supt.,  James  W.  Roberts;  Instructors,  J. 
Pike,  W.  M.  Evans. 

JO  DAVIESS  CO.,  Galena,  Aug.  20-21;  Co.  Supt.,  W.  H.  Martin;  Instructors,  John  A. 
Keith,  Edna  M.  Keith,  W.  G.  Guthrie. 

JOHNSON  CO.,  Vienna,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  Sarah  J.  Whittenberg;  Instructors, 
G.  W.  Smith,  Sadie  L.  Montgomery. 

KANE  CO  ,  Geneva,  June  25-29;  Co.  Supt.,  M.  Quackenbush;  Instructors,  O.  T. 
Bright,  C.  E.  Mann,  Lelia  E.  Patridge. 

KANKAKEE  CO.,  Kankakee,  Aug.  27-31;  Co.  Supt.,  J.  H.  Peterson;  Instructors,  II. 
P.  Little,  Margaretta  S.  Easley,  II.  W.  Sutton. 

KENDALL  CO.,  Yorkville,  July  9-13;  Co.  Supt.,  Amos  D.  Curran;  Instructors,  C.  E. 
Mann,  Minnie  E.  Puntenney. 

KNOX  CO.,  Galesburg,  June  11-15;  Co.  Supt.,  E.  S.  Wilkinson:  Instructors,  W.  L. 
Steele,  J.  M,  Pace,  M.  Evelyn  Strong,  H.  E.  Griffith,  J.  T.  Johnson. 

LAKE  CO.,  Waukegan,  June  25  29;  Co.  Supt.,  M.  W.  Marvin;  Instructors,  W.  F. 
Cramer,  Alfred  E.  Logie,  Miriam  Besley. 

LA  SALLE  CO.,  Ottawa,  July  9-20;  Co.  Supt.,  U.  J.  Hoffman;  Instructors,  W.  W. 
Black,  Fred  W.  Smedley,  C.  W.  Weeks,  J.  O.  Leslie. 

LAWRENCE  CO.,  Lawrenceville,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  H.  S.  Hostettler;  Instructors, 

S.  A.  1).  Harry,  Martha  Buck. 

LEE  CO.,  Dixon,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  I.  F.  Edwards;  Instructors,  Joseph  Carter, 
Cora  M.  Hamilton. 

LIVINGSTON  CO.,  Pontiac,  July  23-27;  Co.  Supt.,  C.  R.  Tombaugh;  Instructors,  O. 

T.  Bright,  C.  E.  DeButts,  j.  E,  Bangs,  Mrs.  Margaret  Vaughan. 

LOGAN  CO  ,  Lincoln,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  Evan  P.  Gram. 

MACON  CO..  Decatur,  Aug.  13-17;  Co.  Supt.,  John  G.  Keller;  Instructors.  Sadie  L. 
Montgomery,  T.  L.  Evans,  F.  W.  Westhoff,  E.  A.  Gastman,  J.  H.  Coonradt. 

MACOUPIN  CO.,  Carlin ville,  July  9-13;  Co.  Supt.,  M.  M.  Kessinger;  Instructors,  H. 
M.  Anderson,  W.  B.  Davis,  Alta  A.  Harmon,  C.  W.  Yerkes. 

MADISON  CO.,  Edwardsville,  Aug.  13-24;  Co.  Supt.,  M.  Henson;  Instructors,  F.  E. 
Cook,  R.  A.  Haight,  R.  L.  Lowry,  C.  L.  Dietz,  L.  P.  Froliart,  L.  T.  Kennedy, 
C.  A.  Parkinson. 

MARION  CO.,  Salem.  Aug.  20-31;  Co.  Supt.,  J.  E.  Whitchurch;  Instructors,  W.  R. 
Hatfield,  W.  J.  Brinckley,  J.  L.  Hughes,  Lola  Scott. 

MARSHALL  CO.,  Lacon.  June  25-29;  Co.  Supt.  M.  M.  Mallary;  Instructors,  Joseph 
Carter,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Sykes. 

MASON  CO.,  Mason  City,  June  18-22;  Co.  Supt.,  Matthew  Bolan;  Instructors,  W.  W. 
Black,  H.  P.  Little. 

MASSAC  CO.,  Metropolis,  Aug.  6-10;  Co.  Supt.,  J.  M.  Reynolds;  Instructor,  James 
Kirk. 

McDONOUGH  CO.,  Macomb.  July  9-13;  Co.  Supt.,  James  M.  Pace;  Instructors,  E.  S. 
Wilkinson,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Sykes. 

McIIENRY  CO.  Woodstock,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  W.  E.  Wire;  Instructors,  S.  B. 
llursh,  J.  E.  McGilvery,  Phebe  Gardner. 

McLEAN  CO.,  Bloominsrton,  Aug.  27-31;  Co.  Supt.,  John  S.  Wren;  Instructors,  Edw. 
fc  C.  Page,  Cora  M.  Hamilton,  E.  M.  Van  Petten,  E.  W.  Cavins. 

MENARD  CO.,  Petersburg,  June  11-15;  Co.  Supt.,  Geo,  C.  Power;  Instructors,  Enoch 
-  A.  Fritter,  E.  J.  Lake. 

MERCER  CO.,  Aledo,  Aug.  13-17;  Co.  S  ipt.,  Charlton  L,  Gregory;  Instructors,  S.  B. 
Hursh,  A.  C.  Butler.  Cora  M.  Hamilton. 

fMONROE  CO.,  Waterloo,  July  16-20;  Co.  Supt,  Henry  Eisenbart;  Instructors,  W.  M. 
Evans,  E.  T.  Weible,  J.  W.  Jackson. 

MONTGOMERY'  CO.,  llil^boro,  Aug.  20  31;  Co.  Supt.,  W.  J.  McDavid;  Instructors, 
O.  H.  Longwell,  A.  E.  Turner. 

MORGAN  CO.,  Jacksonville  June  18  29;  Co.  Supt.,  F.  A.  Johnson;  Instructors,  P. 
M.  Silloway,  Sadie  L.  Montgomery,  M.  L.  Test,  Mrs.  Constance  Smith. 

MOULTRIE  CO.,  Sullivan,  June  25  29;  Cj.  Supt.,  B.  F.  Peadro;  Instructors,  W.  M. 
Evans,  E.  A.  Cross. 


OGLE  CO..  Oregon,  An".  13-17;  Co.  Supt.,  Joseph  M.  Piper;  Instructors,  O.  T.  Bright 

F.  Lillian  Taylor,  J.  11.  Kurtz. 

PE’.ORIA  (JO.,  Peoria,  April  23-27;  Co.  Supt..  .1.  L.  Robertson;  Instructors,  B.  A 
Hinsdale,  O.  T.  Bright,  Cora  M.  Hamilton,  Anna  A.  Allen. 

PERRY  CO.,  PincKnev vil’e,  Mav  28-June  I;  Co.  Supt.,  Walter  R.  Ivimzey;  In 
structors,  C.  W.  Farr,  J.  E.  Ramsey. 

PIATT  CO.,  Bement,  June  18-29;  Co.  Supt.,  Charles  McIntosh;  Instructors,  Wm 
Radebaugh,  T.  C.  Clendenen,  J.  L.  Hughes,  Geo.  B.  Crawford. 

PIKE  CO.,  Pittsfield,  July  2-13:  (Jo.  Supt.,  Caroline  Grote;  Instructors,  II.  (' 
McCarrell,  W.  M.  Evaas,  Effie  Pike,  G.  B.  Crawford,  W.  C  Ivins. 

POPE  CO.,  Golconda,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  John  H.  Hodge;  Instructors,  F.  W.  Smedley 
PULASKI  CO.,  Mound  City,  Aug.  20-31;  Co.  Supt.,  Mrs.  Hester  M.  Smith.  * 

PUTNAM  CO.,  Granville,  Aug.  27-31;  Co.  Supt.,  W.  E.  Hawthorne;  Instructors,  Dan 
iel  A.  Tear,  Margaretta  S.  Easley. 

RANDOLPH  CO.,  Chester,  Julv  23-27;  Co.  Supt..  Sidney  A.  McKelvey;  Instructors 
W.  E.  Lugenbeel,  E.  E.  Van  Cleve,  Adda  Wertz. 

RICHLAND  CO.,  Olney,  Aug.  27-31:  Co,  Supt.,  R.  N.  Stotler;  Instructors,  Samuel  E 
Harwood,  Geo.  D.  Wham,  Sadie  L.  Montgomery.  v 

ROCK  ISLAND  CO..  Rock  Island,  March  26  30;  Co.  Supt.,  S.  .J.  Ferguson;  Instruct 
ors,  M.  V.  O’Shea,  S.  B,  llursh,  Flora  J.  Cook 

SALINE  CO.,  Harrisburg,  Aug.  6-10;  Co.  Supt.,  Lewis  E.  York;  Instructors,  E.  E. 
Van  Cleve,  W.  S.  Booth. 

SANGAMON  CO.,  Springfield,  Aug.  20-24;  Cr  Supt  .  Charles  Van  Dorn;  Instructors] 
O.  T.  Brignt,  W.  M.  Evans,  Frank  H.  Hall.  Emma  E.  Siebert. 

SCHUYLER  CO.,  Rushville,  July  30-Aug.  10;  Co.  Supt.,  L.  J.  MeCreery;  Instructors, 
Elbe  Pike,  S.  H.  Trego,  D.  P.  Hollis,  T.  A.  Jeffers. 

SCOTT  CO.,  Winchester,  *  ;  Co.  Supt.,  Elmer  F.  Walker;  Instructors.) 

T.  M.  Jeffords,  M.  L.  Test. 

SHELBY  CO.,  Shelby ville,  July  10-20;  Co.  Supt..  J.  A.  Montgomery;  Instructors.) 

G.  P.  Randle,  F.  D.  Jordan,  Wm.  Miner,  Mis.  I.  P.  McNair. 

STARK  CO.,  Toulon.  Aug.  13-17;  Co.  Supt.,  George  O.  Frank;  Instructors,  H.  L. 
Roberts,  Adna  T.  Smith,  Edna  Keith. 

ST.  CLAIR  CO.,  Bellevlle,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  Charles  Ilertel;  Instructors,  R.  R. 
Reeder,  F.  W.  Westhoff,  Adda  Wert./.. 

STEPHENSON  CO.,  Freeport,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  R.  W.  Burton;  Instructors,  E. 

A.  Fritter,  W.  W.  White. 

TAZEWELL  CO.,  Pekin,  March  12-16;  Co.  Supt.,  W.  I*.  Mavity;  Instructors,  W.  W. 
Black,  O.  A.  Schotts.  Nellie  Barrett. 

UNION  CO.,  Anna,  Aug.  20-24;  Co.  Supt.,  George  Barringer;  Instructors,  .Tames! 
Kirk,  Samuel  E.  Harwood. 

VERMILION  CO.,  Danville,  July  30-Aug.  10;  Co.  Supt.,  R.  B.  Holmes;  Instructors, 
J.  N.  Patrick,  R.  R  Reeder,  Henry  Johnson,  Sallie  J.  McCall. 

WABASH  CO.,  Mt.  Carmel,  Aug.  13-24;  Co.  Supt.,  .T.  E.  Ramsey;  Instructors.  W.  S. 
Booth.  W.  E.  Lugenbeel. 

WARREN  CO..  Monmouth,  June  18-22;  Co.  Supt..  Mrs.  Eary  E.  Sykes;  Instructors, 
Lelia  E.  Patridge,  W.  L.  Steele,  J.  M.  Pace,  Jessie  Buckner,  Edith  Sykes. 

WASHINGTON  CO.,  Nashville.  June  4-15;  Co.  Supt.,  Jesse  T.  Gibbs;  Instructors, 
E.  E.  Van  Cleve,  Albert  G.  Owen. 

WAYNE  CO..  Fairfield.  Aug.  27-31;  Co.  Supt.,  John  L.  Young;  Instructors,  E.  E. 
Van  Cleve:  R.  V.  Black. 

WHITE  CO.  Carmi,  July  30-Aug.  3:  Co.  Supt.,  Everett  McCallistcr;  Instructors,  W. 
S.  Booth,  A.  M.  Reedy,  W.  E.  Lugenbeel. 

WHITESIDE.  Morrison,  June  25-29;  Co.  Supt.,  W.  ,T.  Johnston;  Cora  M.  Hamilton, 

H.  L.  Chaplin,  M  M.  Warner,  W.  S.  Ellison. 

WILL,  Joliet,  June  25-29;  Co.  Pupt.,  W.  H.  Nevens;  Instructors,  Frank  II.  Hall,  S. 

B.  Hursh.  J.  J.  Allison,  C.  W.  Weeks,  Ililma  Harthe. 

WILLIAMSON  CO.,  Marion,  Aug.  13-17;  Co.  Supt.,  M.  N.  Swan;  Instructors,  II.  W. 
Shryock,  John  Snyder,  Theodore  Lentz. 

WINNEBAGO  CO.,  Rockford,  March  26-30;  Co.  Supt.,  O.  J.  Kern;  Instructors,  J.  E. 
McGilvery,  Mrs.  Lida  B.  McMurry,  Clara  Randall,  Helen  Dickey. 

WOODFORD  CO.  Eureka,  .Tune  25-29:  Co.  Supt.,  W.  J.  Whetzel;  Instructors,  Enoch 
A.  Fritter,  Mrs.  Lida  B.  McMurry,  R.  E.  Conklin,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Hootman. 


Not  reported. 


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